It depends what you mean by safe. Centralisation of power is everywhere and there are no democracies in this world. Democracy is the power of the people, by the people and for the people. If you mean actual safety, looking at statistics the EU is becoming more and more dangerous because of it's forced open borders policies. #Shengen was great on paper before the rulling class decided to let unfiltered waves of migrants enter the continent. Mass killings and outright murders were unheard of before in countries like France and Sweden, they have become just a fact of life. The trouble is things are getting worse, not better as immigrants keep coming in with no control or visa requirements. I'm told the Emirates are a very safe place to live. A young girl can walk outside at 2am anywhere carefree. You would not say that about Paris now.